Thanks Yummly for posting this in their Banana Bread post. This is actually a very old blog and I’m currently using it to develop my new layout over at the official Tea with Me blog , if you would like to view more recipes and photos please head on over there.

*raises hand* I have a confession – I’m a picky banana eater. When they get an inch of brown on the peel I immediately put them in the freezer. The typical banana flavor not my taste, I like a banana slightly under ripe with a firm texture and a slight green tinge to the peel. Unfortunately because of my pickiness I tend to have a lot of dark brown bananas stored in my freezer. My favourite way of using up these stored bananas is baking them with cranberries in banana bread. The tartness of the cranberries just brightens up your normal banana bread recipe.

When I wrote my 101 things in 1001 day goal list, I was in a three year relationship with the man I loved. I had dreams of marrying, owning a home, with a white picket fence to keep in the german shepherd puppy I yearned to have. When I wrote this goal, my reasoning behind it was to be able to wear an engagement ring, to say I’ve stood by the man I loved and say to the world that I was finally engaged.

That wasn’t the case.

It’s been three months for me to be able to write about this goal. The ring has reminded me of pain, it has made me cry, it has made me hope and wish and it has made me realize I have support. These months have been painful, incredibly heart wrenching demoralizing-ly painful. I thought I was complete, I thought I was fine, but I wasn’t, I’m still not. I sometimes still cry myself to sleep and I sometimes get angry at people when they are not at fault. Sometimes I feel so helplessly alone that I have no one in this world.

A ring doesn’t have to symbolize ‘you are mine’ sometimes it just needs to be worn as a simple reminder of “I’m there for you, through thick and thin, no matter what you choose. I’m there for you to have support, to have a friend to come cry to.”

Despite crying while writing this I know I have support just by looking at it, thank you K.